In the village of Andarak in Kyrgyzstan, many women are limited to decide about their own lives. Often they are expected to sit at home and not continue with education. Dilnoza saw this differently and is fighting for a change in her community.

In Kyrgyzstan, youth are faced with many challenges. Here in the village of Maeka, the absence of street lighting creates insecurity for women. Elzina and Elvira wanted to change that!

Khaled Emam was born in a small village in the poorest area of Egypt. He was brought up in a culture where violence and conflict were prominent and weapons the norm. He took up education as his tool to make peace. To make a change.

At the end of the Cold War, the neorealist paradigm focus on states, military security and the so-called ‘mutually assured destruction’ was challenged by the birth of a new concept, namely human security.

In Vanua Levu, Fiji, many women and girls are faced with domestic violence and community-based conflicts. Our member Transcend Oceania is working with boys and men to change that!